Uber plans to bring its premium Uber Black ride service to most of India's big cities, after a recent launch in Pune, in western India, according to a report in Mint. Uber, which is based in San Francisco, California, runs ride-hailing in India and offers Uber Black as its chauffeur-style...
HCLTech Builds a Business Unit Around Anthropic’s Claude
HCLTech, the technology services company based in Noida, in northern India, signed a global partnership agreement on Monday with Anthropic, the San Francisco, California, maker of the Claude AI models. Business Standard reported that HCLTech will set up a dedicated Anthropic Business Unit and a Center of Excellence to build...
Permira and TPG Buy Stakes in India’s Cloudnine Maternity Hospitals
Permira of London and TPG of San Francisco, California, have bought stakes in Cloudnine Hospitals, a maternity and child care chain based in Bengaluru, in southern India. Mint reported the $450 million deal on September 29, citing two people familiar with the matter, and said it values Cloudnine at $1.3...
DoorDash Opens Hyderabad Hub With 500 Employees
DoorDash, the local commerce platform based in San Francisco, California, has opened a hub in Hyderabad, in southern India, with 500 employees. The company plans to grow the team to more than 3,000 over the next two years, The Hindu BusinessLine reported. The Hyderabad team will start with customer experience...
Uber Invests $10 Million in India Fleet Partner Carrum Mobility
Uber, headquartered in San Francisco, California, has invested $10 million in Carrum Mobility, a fleet management startup based in Gurgaon, Haryana in the Delhi National Capital Region. The Series B round values Carrum at $168 million, nearly tripling the roughly $63 million valuation the company carried after Uber's first $7...
Air India to Launch Nonstop Flights to Los Angeles, Seattle, Dallas
Air India is the only Indian airline currently operating flights to the United States, with services to Washington, New York, Newark, San Francisco, and Chicago. As part of its consolidation efforts, including a proposed merger with Vistara, Air India is looking to expand its U.S. operations by launching direct flights...